Open College Data

Early Decision vs. Regular Admission Rates

“Should we apply ED? How much does it actually help?”

Overall admit rate

SchoolOffers Early Decision plan?Offers Early Action plan?# admitted under ED planOverall admit rateSource
Agnes Scott CollegeYesYes6—
Alfred University—————
Auburn UniversityNoYes——
Babson CollegeYesYes305—
Barnard CollegeYesNo451—
Belmont UniversityNoNo——
Bryn Mawr CollegeYesNo194—
Bucknell University—————
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoNoNo——
Chapman UniversityYesYes145—
Clemson University—————
Colorado CollegeYesYes272—
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College—————
Eckerd College—Yes———
Florida Atlantic UniversityNoNo——
Howard UniversityYesYes172—
Linfield College-McMinnville Campus—Yes———
Michigan Technological University—————
Mount Holyoke CollegeYesNo208—
North Carolina State University—Yes———
Occidental College—————
Providence CollegeYesYes460—
Rhodes CollegeYesYes125—
Rochester Institute of TechnologyYesYes1,028—
Smith College—————
Spelman CollegeYesYes70—
Stetson UniversityYesYes119—
Stevens Institute of TechnologyYesYes284—
SUNY Oneonta—————
Union College—————
United States Military Academy—————
University at Buffalo—————
University of ArkansasNoYes——
University of HoustonNoNo——
University of Kansas—————
University of Louisville—————
University of Mary WashingtonYesYes95—
University of Massachusetts Boston—————
University of Nebraska-Lincoln—————
University of New HampshireNoYes——
University of North Carolina at AshevilleNoYes——
University of Portland—Yes———
University of San DiegoYesYes——
University of Wisconsin-Madison—Yes———
California Institute of TechnologyNoYes—2.7%
Stanford UniversityNoYes—3.8%
University of ChicagoYesYes—4.5%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Yes—4.5%—
Yale UniversityNoYes—4.6%
Brown UniversityYesNo8965.1%
Northeastern UniversityYesYes1,4925.2%
Duke UniversityYes——5.2%
Princeton University—Yes—5.7%—
Vanderbilt UniversityYesNo8255.9%
Dartmouth CollegeYes—7686.0%
Johns Hopkins UniversityYesNo8256.4%
Bowdoin CollegeYesNo2966.8%
Pomona CollegeYesNo2247.1%
Swarthmore CollegeYesNo2287.5%
Rice UniversityYesNo6478.0%
Williams CollegeYesNo2498.3%
Amherst CollegeYesNo2169.0%
New York UniversityYesNo—9.1%
University of California, Los Angeles———9.4%—
Claremont McKenna CollegeYesNo2169.4%
University of Southern CaliforniaNoYes—9.8%
Emory UniversityYesNo1,04910.3%
United States Naval AcademyNoYes—10.8%
Carnegie Mellon UniversityYesNo55311.1%
University of Notre DameNoYes—11.3%
Tufts UniversityYesNo—11.5%
Harvey Mudd CollegeYes—10912.3%
Davidson CollegeYes—35812.6%
Middlebury CollegeYes—46012.8%
Boston UniversityYesNo2,16512.8%
Georgetown UniversityNoYes—12.9%
Haverford CollegeYesNo22913.3%
Georgia Institute of TechnologyNoYes—13.3%
Washington and Lee UniversityYesNo28913.5%
Hamilton CollegeYesNo24713.6%
Tulane UniversityYesYes1,20914.5%
Grinnell CollegeYesNo28314.5%
Wellesley CollegeYesNo30114.8%
Bates CollegeYes—31814.8%
University of MichiganNoYes—16.4%
Wesleyan UniversityYesNo50216.5%
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNoYes—16.7%
University of Virginia-Main CampusYesYes1,24516.8%
University of MiamiYesYes1,06217.6%
Denison UniversityYesNo39419.6%
Wake Forest University—Yes—20.8%—
Vassar CollegeYes—40220.9%
College of the Holy CrossYesNo51121.1%
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering———21.7%—
Carleton CollegeYes—26321.8%
University of RichmondYesYes39722.2%
Skidmore CollegeYesNo35923.8%
University of FloridaNoYes—24.2%
Florida State UniversityNoYes—24.2%
Reed CollegeYesYes8024.6%
Trinity UniversityYesYes17225.9%
University of Texas at AustinNo——26.6%
Pitzer CollegeYesNo16726.9%
Villanova UniversityYesYes92027.0%
Franklin and Marshall CollegeYesNo27028.2%
Macalester CollegeYesYes—28.5%
University of California, San DiegoNoNo—28.6%
University of California, Irvine———28.9%—
Lehigh UniversityYesNo—29.0%
Kenyon CollegeYesNo—31.0%
Lafayette CollegeYesNo35631.2%
Columbia UniversityNoYes—31.7%
College of William and MaryYesNo66432.7%
Fairfield UniversityYesYes41233.3%
Trinity CollegeYesNo—33.5%
Oberlin CollegeYesNo24634.2%
University of Georgia—Yes—34.3%—
Case Western Reserve UniversityYesYes26335.3%
San Diego State UniversityNoNo—37.4%
University of California, Santa BarbaraNoNo—38.2%
Binghamton UniversityNoYes—38.6%
Gettysburg CollegeYesYes—38.9%
Connecticut CollegeYesNo22239.2%
Clark UniversityYesYes—39.5%
Scripps CollegeYesNo14139.9%
University of RochesterYesNo—40.1%
Whitman CollegeYesNo11440.2%
University of South Florida———40.7%—
Dickinson CollegeYes—25841.5%
Seattle University———41.8%—
University of Washington (Seattle Campus)———41.8%—
University of Central FloridaNoYes—42.8%
Southwestern UniversityYesYes2243.5%
University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleNoYes—43.6%
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNoYes—43.7%
University of California, DavisNoNo—44.4%
Bennington CollegeYesYes2644.5%
University of Maryland, College ParkNoYes—44.8%
Bentley UniversityYesNo38945.0%
Brandeis UniversityYesYes24245.4%
George Washington UniversityYes——47.1%
California State University, FresnoNoNo—47.1%
California State University, Long BeachNoNo—47.1%
Rollins CollegeYesYes22247.5%
Austin CollegeNoYes—47.7%
Santa Clara UniversityYesYes46747.9%
Texas Christian UniversityYesYes93548.1%
Centre CollegeYesYes13748.2%
Loyola Marymount UniversityYesYes36448.2%
St Olaf CollegeYesYes22348.3%
Furman UniversityYesYes9648.7%
Stony Brook UniversityNoYes—49.0%
Purdue UniversityNoYes—49.9%
St. John's College - MarylandYesYes1050.0%
Ohio State UniversityNoYes—50.8%
Sewanee: The University of the SouthYesYes14750.9%
Texas A & M University-College Station—Yes—51.7%—
Syracuse UniversityYes—1,23551.8%
Bard CollegeYesYes4852.3%
Morehouse CollegeYesYes1,32252.3%
University of ConnecticutYesNo—52.4%
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityNoYes—52.9%
Lake Forest CollegeYesYes2553.6%
St. John's CollegeYesYes1054.0%
Fordham UniversityYesYes22854.1%
St Lawrence UniversityYesYes11854.3%
Pennsylvania State University - University ParkNoYes—55.3%
Illinois Institute of TechnologyYesYes4755.4%
Georgia State University———55.4%—
Soka University of AmericaNoYes—56.6%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityNoYes—57.0%
DePauw UniversityYesYes—57.2%
Florida Institute of TechnologyNoNo—57.7%
Colorado School of MinesYesNo—58.0%
University of PittsburghNoNo—58.1%
Allegheny CollegeYesYes6758.8%
The College of WoosterYesYes8359.5%
University of Massachusetts AmherstNoYes—59.9%
College of CharlestonYesYes40260.0%
University of South CarolinaNoYes—60.1%
Hendrix CollegeNoYes—60.3%
Florida International University—Yes—60.9%—
University of San FranciscoYesYes4261.7%
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteYesYes31061.9%
College of New JerseyYesNo31362.4%
Lawrence UniversityYesYes4463.0%
Beloit CollegeNoYes—63.0%
Southern Methodist UniversityYesYes35363.4%
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityNoYes—63.4%
Yeshiva UniversityYes—12963.8%
Muhlenberg CollegeYesYes19964.0%
Ohio Wesleyan UniversityYesYes6464.5%
Marist CollegeYesYes18764.7%
University of North Carolina WilmingtonNoYes—64.7%
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNoYes—65.1%
University of Texas at DallasNoNo—65.1%
Rutgers University-New BrunswickNoYes—65.3%
American UniversityYesYes31665.6%
Sarah Lawrence CollegeYesYes5866.0%
Elon UniversityYesYes36866.3%
SUNY College at GeneseoNoYes—66.5%
University of DaytonNoYes—66.6%
Hobart William Smith CollegesYesYes12566.7%
University of California, Santa CruzNoNo—67.1%
Milwaukee School of EngineeringNoNo—67.1%
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteYesYes21967.3%
Hofstra UniversityNoYes—68.1%
Ithaca CollegeYesYes9469.0%
Texas Tech University———69.1%—
SUNY at AlbanyNoYes—69.1%
University of DelawareNoYes—69.2%
Pepperdine UniversityYesYes—69.4%
Loyola University MarylandYesYes6269.9%
Drexel UniversityYesYes23469.9%
Coastal Carolina UniversityYesYes30370.0%
Ramapo College of New JerseyYesYes8670.3%
University of Minnesota-MorrisNoNo—70.5%
University of AlabamaNoNo—71.2%
Lewis & Clark CollegeYesYes7371.2%
James Madison UniversityNoYes—71.5%
Juniata CollegeYesYes3171.7%
University of Puget SoundYesYes9172.4%
St. Mary's College of MarylandYesYes7872.5%
University of VermontYesYes36373.0%
Louisiana State UniversityNoNo—73.3%
Gustavus Adolphus CollegeNoYes—73.9%
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona———74.0%—
University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyNoYes—74.0%
SUNY at Purchase CollegeNoYes—74.0%
Oklahoma State UniversityNoNo—75.0%
Loyola University ChicagoNoNo—75.1%
Miami UniversityYesYes—75.4%
University of Illinois at Chicago—Yes—75.8%—
University of Colorado BoulderNoYes—75.9%
DePaul University—Yes—75.9%—
Indiana University BloomingtonNoYes—76.4%
Indiana University-Purdue University-IndianapolisNoNo—76.4%
University of OklahomaNoYes—76.6%
Bradley UniversityNoNo—76.8%
Quinnipiac UniversityYesYes8177.0%
University of Rhode IslandNoYes—77.1%
Wheaton College, MAYesYes9577.1%
Illinois CollegeNoYes—77.2%
Oregon State UniversityNoYes—77.3%
Clarkson University———77.4%—
Mississippi State UniversityNoNo—77.6%
Duquesne UniversityNoYes—78.8%
Earlham College—Yes—79.0%—
University of North Carolina at CharlotteNoYes—79.6%
Creighton UniversityNoYes—79.8%
University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesNoYes—79.8%
University of IowaNoNo—79.9%
University of New Mexico———80.0%—
San Jose State UniversityNoNo—80.4%
SUNY College at OswegoNoYes—80.6%
Willamette UniversityYesYes2380.6%
Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyNoYes—80.9%
Butler UniversityYesYes—82.1%
University of Massachusetts LowellNoYes—83.0%
University of Nevada-Reno———83.1%—
Michigan State UniversityNoYes—83.2%
University of Nevada-Las VegasNoNo—84.6%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryNoYes—84.7%
West Virginia UniversityNoNo—85.1%
Ohio UniversityNoYes—85.2%
University of DenverYesYes23185.4%
University of California, RiversideNoNo—86.1%
University of ArizonaNoNo—86.1%
Temple UniversityNoYes—86.2%
George Mason UniversityNoYes—86.5%
Kansas State UniversityNoNo—87.5%
Iowa State UniversityNoNo—87.9%
University of Alabama at BirminghamNoNo—88.2%
University of OregonNoYes—88.3%
Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaNoYes—88.6%
Colorado State UniversityNoYes—88.6%
Wheaton College, IL—Yes—88.7%—
East Carolina UniversityNoNo—89.2%
University of Cincinnati———89.3%—
Northern Arizona UniversityNoNo—89.6%
Arizona State UniversityNoNo—89.8%
University of UtahNoYes—90.2%
California State University, FullertonNoNo—90.5%
California State University, Los Angeles———91.2%—
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityNoNo—92.3%
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNoYes—92.3%
University of KentuckyNoYes—92.9%
Appalachian State UniversityNoNo—93.9%
University of MaineNoYes—96.6%
University of Mississippi———97.4%—
University of Missouri-ColumbiaNoNo—136.6%